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Journal of Electronics ManufacturingVol. 04, No. 02, pp. 65-69 (1994) INVITED PAPERNo AccessPostponement of packaging and product differentiation for lower logistics costsKEVIN A. HOWARDKEVIN A. HOWARDHewlett-Packard Company, PO Box 8906, Vancouver, WA 98668–8906, USA Search for more papers by this author https://doi.org/10.1142/S0960313194000080Cited by:3 PreviousNext AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsRecommend to Library ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail AbstractHewlett-Packard Company has successfully employed the concept of ‘postponement’ for their line of thermal ink jet printers. By delaying the time and place of final packaging and language-specific differentiating these products, HP has enjoyed substantial cost savings by slashing transportation, storage, material handling, and inventory carrying expenses.Keywords:Postponementpackagingdistribution logistics FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited By 3Implementation issues influencing the decision to adopt postponementGregory A. Graman and Michael J. Magazine1 Oct 2006 | International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 26, No. 10Commonality and postponement in multistage assembly systemsShihua Ma, Wei Wang and Liming Liu1 Nov 2002 | European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 142, No. 3A NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF CAPACITATED POSTPONEMENTGREGORY A. GRAMAN and MICHAEL J. MAGAZINE5 January 2009 | Production and Operations Management, Vol. 11, No. 3 Recommended Vol. 04, No. 02 Metrics History KeywordsPostponementpackagingdistribution logisticsPDF download
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